Why Aren’t Turn Based MMORPGs More Popular?

As a big fan of console RPGs, I’m a bit surprised that there are
only a handful of turn based free to play MMORPGs out there. You’d
imagine with the immense popularity of turn based single player RPGs
like the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series there would be boatloads
of free to play MMORPGs jumping on the turn based bandwagon, but that
isn’t the case.

There are a bunch of low quality turn based MMORPGs available, but
the only really high quality one I can think of is Ndoor’s Atlantica Online.
All of the other turn based MMORPGs Mythwar 2 Online, Altis Gates and Fairyland Online
just feel really cheap. Plus all of these 2D turn based MMORPGs all feel
like knock offs of each other. If you’ve played Zodiac Online
or Wonderland Online,
you’ll quickly notice that these games are incredibly similar. In
fact, they’re almost identical. So why aren’t there more good turn
based MMOs out there?

It can’t be because of a lack of demand. Atlantica Online is easily
one of the most popular and successful free to play MMORPGs out there
and it’s turn based. So there’s clearly demand for high quality turn
based MMOs out there. As an avid fan of RPGs like Final Fantasy,
Suikoden and Dragon Quest I’m always looking for new turn based MMORPGs
to try out, as franky, i’m a bit tired of all the WoW clones
(Allods
Online, Runes of Magic, Neo Online,
etc).